essay

Emergent structuralism: the design on an inquiry system to delineate the production and reduction of social forms

choice and morality in anthropological perspective : essays in honor of derek freemanAlbany, N.Y. • Published In 1988 • Pages: 43-60

By: Appell, George N..

Abstract
This is another theoretical treatment of the Rungus data (see Appell 1976, document no. 4). G.N. Appell examines the relationship between social structure and social action. Appell regards social structure as an 'opportunity structure,' because 'without structure there is no opportunity.' The problem lies in identifying a culture's opportunity structures. Appell finds opportunity strucutres in a culture's property system, which consists of a scarce good or service, the constellation of jural interests, and presence of a social isolate. Appell goes on to discuss the Rungus rights to trees and what he calls a 'tree-focussed isolate.'
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Arboriculture
Real property
culture
Rungus Dusun
HRAF PubDate
2002
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard ; 2000
Field Date
1959-1963
Coverage Date
1959-1963
Coverage Place
Kudat District, Sabah, Malaysia
Notes
G. N. Appell
Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60)
LCCN
87006534
LCSH
Dusun (Bornean people)